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Samar Jasser, MD, Psychiatry, Chandler, AZ

SamarAishaJasserMD(She/Her)

Psychiatry Chandler, AZ

Psychopharmacology, Psychosomatic Medicine, Integrative Psychiatry

Medical Director and Adult Psychiatric Provider @ Strategies for Success, a multidisciplinary mental health practice with multiple sites in the Phoenix, AZ Valley area. Psychiatry Consultant and Psych NP supervisor to Tia Women's Health group. Priavate Psychiatric Telehealth Practice in Scottsdale, AZ. Study Phyisician Research Consultant to the Light Research Program at TJU in Phila, PA.

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  • Office

    3377 S. Price Road
    Ste. 103
    Chandler, AZ 85248
    Phone+1 215-359-5628
    Fax+1 800-782-8176

Summary

  • Dr. Samar Jasser is a psychiatrist in Scottsdale, AZ. She received her medical degree from Sidney Kimmel Medical College in Philadelphia, PA and did her residency at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA. She has been in practice for 14 years post-residency. She specializes in General Adult/Integrative Psychiatry and focuses on continuing the tradition of the integration of psychotherapy and psychotherapeutic values with biological/medical principles of assessment and treatment. She is experienced in Mindfulness meditation, Cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy, Psychodynamic psychotherapy, Circadian Rhythms especially as related to Mental Health, and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, as well as psychopharmacology in Treatment Resistant Depression.

Education & Training

  • University of Pennsylvania Health System
    University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Psychiatry, 2005 - 2009
  • Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
    Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson UniversityClass of 2005
  • The Pennsylvania State University
    The Pennsylvania State UniversityB.S., General Sciences (Combined B.S./M.D. 6-Year Program with Jefferson Medical College), Eberly College of Science Dean's List Each Semester, 1998 - 2003

Certifications & Licensure

  • AZ State Medical License
    AZ State Medical License 2021 - 2026
  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 2021 - 2025
  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 2019 - 2025
  • PA State Medical License
    PA State Medical License 2007 - 2024
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Baldwin L. Keyes Prize in Psychiatry Jefferson Medical College Class of 2005, 2005
  • Nominated for the J. Woodrow Savacool Prize in Medical Ethics 2005
  • Summer Student Research Fellowship in Neurology Jefferson Medical College, 2001-2002
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Sensitivity of the human circadian system to short wavelength (420 nm) light  
    Brainard G.C., D. Sliney, J.P. Hanifin, G. Glickman, B. Byrne, J.M. Greeson, S. Jasser, E. Gerner, and M.D. Rollag, Journal of Biological Rhythms, 1/1/2008
  • Information Technology in Mental Health Research: Impediments and Implications in One Chronic Pain Study Population  
    Jasser S.A., Garvin J.H., Weidemer, N., Roche, D., Gallagher, R.M., Pain Medicine, 1/1/2007
  • Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction is Associated with Improved Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Pilot Study  
    Rosenzweig, S., Reibel, D., Greeson, J., Jasser, S., and McMearty, K., Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, 1/1/2007
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Books/Book Chapters

Abstracts/Posters

  • Testing Solid State Lighting Countermeasures to Improve Circadian Adaptation, Sleep, and Performance During High Fidelity Analog and Flight Studies for the Internation...
    G. Brainard, J. Hanifin, B. Warfield, D. Hasher, S. Jasser, L. Balaicuis, L. Panepinto, B. Byrne, C. Pineda, E. Gerner, T. Clark, J. Maida, R. Moomaw, S. Johnston, M. ..., NASA Human Research Program Investigators Workshop, Galveston, TX, 1/8/2016
  • Efficacy of blue-enriched fluorescent light for melatonin suppression and circadian phase resetting.
    Hanifin, J., K. Cecil, K. West, M. Jablonski, B. Warfield, M. James, M. Thiessen, S. Jasser, M. Stone, R. Fucci, E. Martin, B. Byrne, E. Gerner, M. Rollag, S. Lockley ..., 11th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms, Destin, FL, 1/17/2008
  • Studies on blue-enriched fluorescent light as a countermeasure for circadian and sleep disruption during space flight.
    Brainard, G., J. Hanifin, B. Warfield, M. James, K. Cecil, K. West, M. Jablonski, S. Jasser, M. Stone, R. Fucci, E. Martin, B. Byrne, E. Gerner, M. Thiessen and M. Rollag, NASA Human Research Program Investigators Workshop, League City, TX, 1/4/2008
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Lectures

  • Mood, Art, & Politics-Vincent Van Gogh, Sylvia Plath, Emily Dickinson, Winston Churchill, and Abraham Lincoln. 
    1/1/2014
  • Coding and Mental Health Research 
    1/1/2007
  • "Ethical Decision Making: A Hierarchical Model" 
    Thomas Jefferson University Hospital - 1/27/2003

Other

  • Two Worlds 
    Jasser S, Treasures of the Imagination: The International Library of Poetry (Owing Mills, MD: Watermark Press)
    1/1/2000

Committees

  • Participant, JeffMD new Curriculum development and steering committee for incoming Sidney Kimmel Medical Students 2016 - Present

Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • Arabic